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there's some very serious problems particularly in libya and tunisia, i'm talking about tunisia now, that need to be addressed. but the most important thing in all these countries is the economics. as we've been hearing this morning, in my opinion -- notwithstanding the fact that economic success does depend on political success -- through 2011 tunisia was the most diverse, the fastest growing, um, best performing arab economy. so what did we get wrong there? i mean, it hasn't been thought through. a lot of people said the books were cooked in due news ya, they were tooked a little -- cooked a little bit, but that wasn't the main thing that was going on. the three main things in my mind that failed in tunisia was the issue of the university graduates who weren't getting deployed because they tipped the balance in the jasmine revolution, and they're a problem all across the region. it's not just all youth, it's the university graduates who are organized and pressing the state. that's a failure of the distributive state, and the solution in part has to come from a distributive state as
there's some very serious problems particularly in libya and tunisia, i'm talking about tunisia now, that need to be addressed. but the most important thing in all these countries is the economics. as we've been hearing this morning, in my opinion -- notwithstanding the fact that economic success does depend on political success -- through 2011 tunisia was the most diverse, the fastest growing, um, best performing arab economy. so what did we get wrong there? i mean, it hasn't been thought...
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is not commenting, the white house, as well, on this arrest that is reportedly have taken place in tunisia but reuters first obtained the e-mails and according to them, officials at the white house and the state department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the consulate on september 11th that an islamic militant group claimed credit for the group. they obtained the e-mails of government sources requested anonymity and this group claimed responsibility. >> right. >> the secretary of state refers to facebook and twitter not credible sources but we know so much information sadly comes from those sources. >> yeah, no. i mean, this is an ongoing leak of bad news revolving around this terrorist attack that the administration seemed very comfortable calling it a terrorist attack in the first eight, 12, 24 hours. and then, really it was spokesman jay carney and ambassador rice, i think, who are most on the hook for this because they were the most vehement over the next couple of days this looks like a spontaneous demonstration. >> right. >> where, you know, this doesn't need to be t
is not commenting, the white house, as well, on this arrest that is reportedly have taken place in tunisia but reuters first obtained the e-mails and according to them, officials at the white house and the state department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the consulate on september 11th that an islamic militant group claimed credit for the group. they obtained the e-mails of government sources requested anonymity and this group claimed responsibility. >> right. >>...
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certain dynamic change within tunisia itself by the countries that sound tunisia and the country that may been pushed on the path of political change by tunisia are now following their own course. they are no longer fondling the path that tunisia put them out on. likewise, in the going to talk about morocco. any number of iraq are experts in the room. dr. lawrence but also others. also i think morocco is relatively insulated from regional instability, whether its instability and libya or whether it's instability in northern now we. as anwar said this more, morocco has structured its political system in such a way that it can adapt to and absorb political change in a relatively controlled fashion. i'm going to leave aside morocco and leaves i tunisia. instead would focus on algeria and libya. ariza want to focus on algeria and libya is, i know these countries better than in no the the other two, but also because i think there is an outside potential for regional instability, if difference in years and i've algeria or libya come to fruition. these are big significant countries and their
certain dynamic change within tunisia itself by the countries that sound tunisia and the country that may been pushed on the path of political change by tunisia are now following their own course. they are no longer fondling the path that tunisia put them out on. likewise, in the going to talk about morocco. any number of iraq are experts in the room. dr. lawrence but also others. also i think morocco is relatively insulated from regional instability, whether its instability and libya or...
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and especially in the libya now or in tunisia. of and, again, the most extremist or resistant actors play on the division not only of their own politicians, but also of the division and compartmentalized work of the west in the different parts of the world. so, again, the idea of platform here is something to think of, and it has been working in some, in some cases. to finish up, um, i would like to say that the work is huge because it means thinking of how we interact or engage from the very concrete aspects of who does what in these different parts of the world, one. it also means being able to identify locally and not only through the internet. internet is nice, but it gives a very deceptive approach of what people are doing, you know? and i know it's, again, the social media doesn't make revolution. education makes revolution. urban middle class makes revolution, not the social media. and for that we need to be more aware of indicators emerging and who is doing what now in these different civil societies. and for that i think
and especially in the libya now or in tunisia. of and, again, the most extremist or resistant actors play on the division not only of their own politicians, but also of the division and compartmentalized work of the west in the different parts of the world. so, again, the idea of platform here is something to think of, and it has been working in some, in some cases. to finish up, um, i would like to say that the work is huge because it means thinking of how we interact or engage from the very...
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a suspect jailed in tunisia. another killed by egyptian police. another identified but still free in benghazi. meantime, a number of former national security officials, from republican administrations to be sure, start asking questions about the response to the attack. >> you don't just passively allow americans to remain under attack for eight hours of time, when you have forces i within range and do nothing. >> one is bud mcfar lean, national security adviser to president reagan. >> the secretary of defense was in the white house at 5:00 within an hour of when the attack started. he could have told him, yes, we have special operations people and f-18 aircraft that could be deployed right away to have known what he had available to have known that americans were under fire, and to have done nothing, is dereliction of duty i have never seen in a president of any party. outrageous. >> that's strong stuff. >> well, it is strong. i wouldn't say that if there was any ambiguity about the conditions on the ground. but there wasn't. americans were being
a suspect jailed in tunisia. another killed by egyptian police. another identified but still free in benghazi. meantime, a number of former national security officials, from republican administrations to be sure, start asking questions about the response to the attack. >> you don't just passively allow americans to remain under attack for eight hours of time, when you have forces i within range and do nothing. >> one is bud mcfar lean, national security adviser to president reagan....
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one thing i think americans should be proud of when tunisias began to protest, this nation, me, stood with them before any other country. >> dana: it would be i. >> andrea: that is a gaffe. >> dana: leave it a that. it went over like a lead balloon. >> eric: he loves that word. >> andrea: he does not have a self-esteem problem. eric, gaffe, zin eger or fact check. >> eric: fact check. roll it. >> i like american cars and i would do nothing to hurt the u.s. auto industry. i said they need, the companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy. and in that process, they can get government help and government guarantees. >> governor romney, that is not what you said. >> did not say you would provide help. you keep on trying to air brush history here. >> you're wrong, mr. president. >> i am not wrong. >> people can look it up. you're right. >> people will look it up. >> eric: i looked it up. from november 18, 2008, the "new york times." it's called let detroit go bankrupt. the problem is mr. president, that is a "new york times" written headline title. he didn't write that. guess what hap
one thing i think americans should be proud of when tunisias began to protest, this nation, me, stood with them before any other country. >> dana: it would be i. >> andrea: that is a gaffe. >> dana: leave it a that. it went over like a lead balloon. >> eric: he loves that word. >> andrea: he does not have a self-esteem problem. eric, gaffe, zin eger or fact check. >> eric: fact check. roll it. >> i like american cars and i would do nothing to hurt the...
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apparently we have a tunisia ann individual in custody captured in turkey. my colleague lindsey graham wrote a letter to the tunisian ambassador asking we get access to the individual. apparently we haven't had access to the person identified in the video having been at the consulate during the attack. jon: you senator graham, senator mccain, senator ron johnson signed this letter, all republicans. democrats often say republicans are using this, politicizing national security over this benghazi attack. your response? >> there is absolutely nothing political when four brave americans have been murdered in a terrorist event and we need to get to the bottom of it to make sure americans are protected. and by the way, with al qaeda on the rise, as much as the president says, we need to make sure the american people are protected. that is our foremost responsibility and the commander-in-chief, the president of the united states, has to answer these questions. this is incredibly important. what has been most shocking in fact, i'm glad fox has been covering this, is
apparently we have a tunisia ann individual in custody captured in turkey. my colleague lindsey graham wrote a letter to the tunisian ambassador asking we get access to the individual. apparently we haven't had access to the person identified in the video having been at the consulate during the attack. jon: you senator graham, senator mccain, senator ron johnson signed this letter, all republicans. democrats often say republicans are using this, politicizing national security over this benghazi...
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before i ended in tunisia i ended in malaysia and ended in tunisia and libya and was interesting to see although some countries the reaction to the film was a very different. and malaysia, the youth kept telling me things like the profits, you know, it speaks for itself. there is no reason for us to defend it hit in fact that in most of the marshalling the is something that is a parody of the song gangam style. much like the muslim community there was a lot of intellectual de constructing of the video how can we put our own youtube out and be able to be proactive and naturally as we saw in egypt and tunisia was much more passionate and defensive, and i think that one of the things we forgot is we are talking about the transitional countries that have been through that, and were severely destabilize, and at the root of the conversations was the question of everything has been stripped away. we are trying to rebuild our nation and the last thing that we have is our dignity. in the arab spring they brought dignity and this video hit us and made us feel humiliated and everyone was speaking
before i ended in tunisia i ended in malaysia and ended in tunisia and libya and was interesting to see although some countries the reaction to the film was a very different. and malaysia, the youth kept telling me things like the profits, you know, it speaks for itself. there is no reason for us to defend it hit in fact that in most of the marshalling the is something that is a parody of the song gangam style. much like the muslim community there was a lot of intellectual de constructing of...
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the focus two men from tunisia with fake passports and held up and they have a connection to the attack, all of this as obama administration is facing new questions from law makers and could have done more about the safety of the four americans killed in libya. among the dead u.s. ambassador chris stevens. >> harris, it has been 25 days since four americans were murdered in libya the latest word from leon paneta, the hunt is on for the people responsible . he said it is too early to tell if the two men arrested were al-qaida affiliated . >> we are doing everything possible to go after those involved in the attack in libya . >> five days after the deadly raid on the embassy in benghazi ambassador susan rice said the attack spontanous and not necessarily terrorism. but she relied on the information that the intelligence community provided to her. information that she said represented the best current ark sessment as of the date of the her television appearances . that is not acceptable for mccane and johnson who say that the obama is misleading congress or the american people or blaming t
the focus two men from tunisia with fake passports and held up and they have a connection to the attack, all of this as obama administration is facing new questions from law makers and could have done more about the safety of the four americans killed in libya. among the dead u.s. ambassador chris stevens. >> harris, it has been 25 days since four americans were murdered in libya the latest word from leon paneta, the hunt is on for the people responsible . he said it is too early to tell...
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you know, no one told a fruit vendor in tunisia to set himself on fire because the police officer slapped him and he had finally had enough of that government. and that triggered a revolution. nobody told those students in tahrir square to go out and do that. it wasn't islamists. it wasn't extremists. it was young people. it was a generational people who want to live a better life and have freedom and have are a job. that's something that's sweeping through the world and we need to learn that you can't just run in and dictate the terms and blame it on extremist. it's much more complicated and i think tonight people of our country will see a president who genuinely understands it. not somebody who is a candidate who is dealing with rosetta stone foreign policy where they learned the top line but they really can't carry on a full conversation based on experience and based on values and visceral feel for what is at stake. >> senator john kerry, thank you for your time. and we started by saying give you my love to your wife ter reece sachlt binders of senators, not binders of women. i just wa
you know, no one told a fruit vendor in tunisia to set himself on fire because the police officer slapped him and he had finally had enough of that government. and that triggered a revolution. nobody told those students in tahrir square to go out and do that. it wasn't islamists. it wasn't extremists. it was young people. it was a generational people who want to live a better life and have freedom and have are a job. that's something that's sweeping through the world and we need to learn that...
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whether it's libya or syria or tunisia or egypt or other countries sdoshgs either of these candidates lay out a kind of strategic policy that's wise for the united states and a role to play that will be constructive? >> so foreign policy, you know, really, for the most part, has been largely absent from this campaign. i would argue the main reason for that, charlie, is that obama has i think conducted a quite efficient foreign policy. it hasn't been heroic but it's not a heroic age. i think hi he's basically kept the country safe and i don't think this is the time when americans are looking after two exusti and incredibly costly wars in the middle east to be making big foreign policy initiatives. now, that said, we do have the arab spring and things happen on your watch, you've got to respond to them. and for my money, what i would like to do is see us really start to rethink our whole way of relating to that part of the world. >> rose: right. >> and i would -- if i had my druthers-- i say this half seriously half tongue in cheek-- i'd like to see arne duncan, the secretary of educati
whether it's libya or syria or tunisia or egypt or other countries sdoshgs either of these candidates lay out a kind of strategic policy that's wise for the united states and a role to play that will be constructive? >> so foreign policy, you know, really, for the most part, has been largely absent from this campaign. i would argue the main reason for that, charlie, is that obama has i think conducted a quite efficient foreign policy. it hasn't been heroic but it's not a heroic age. i...
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just last month yemen is on the list, tunisia of course and tangentially morocco and jordan have gone through a transition period and will need economic assistance. both saudi arabia and qatar have been quite proactive in extending aid to egypt both before and after mohamed morsi was elected. and i think it's important to understand what sort of aid. some of the things egypt needed right away was an ability to sell government lawns and treasury bills because it's currently paying 14% interest which is pretty high for a government and in the immediate depth of the summer when things looked terrible the qataris came in and said okay we will buy your one month issue of t-bills. obviously you get pretty good security on repayment and less government defaults on everything but that is how relieved some of the interest pressure and moved egypt out of the debt trap it was then, the worst debt trap since greece, italy or spain. the second thing the saudis and the qataris have done, they have like the world bank and the islamic development bank, there is quite development banks that helped ide
just last month yemen is on the list, tunisia of course and tangentially morocco and jordan have gone through a transition period and will need economic assistance. both saudi arabia and qatar have been quite proactive in extending aid to egypt both before and after mohamed morsi was elected. and i think it's important to understand what sort of aid. some of the things egypt needed right away was an ability to sell government lawns and treasury bills because it's currently paying 14% interest...
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official, was transferred to tunisia, where u.s. authorities have not been given access to them. much to the frustration of the u.s. intelligence community. the attackers can be seen very clearly on the internal surveillance systems tapes from the consulate that senator mccain was referencing in the opening, but the intelligence community is not releasing the tapes and my source says three were detained by security team in benghazi and turned over to the libyan authorities when they evacuated to the airport and presumed to have been released. harris. >> harris: jennifer griffin live for us from washington, on benghazi. and bret baier is hosting a special report on the new revolutions of the attack on our consulate in libya. that's 10 p.m. tonight on fox, don't miss it. hurricane sandy heating the east coast pretty hard now. our live satellite rim, as we call them. remote shots from all over. look at the wind blowing, look at side ways rain, it's coming, several hundred miles away, but we're starting to see it and the storms complicating things for the presidential candidates as w
official, was transferred to tunisia, where u.s. authorities have not been given access to them. much to the frustration of the u.s. intelligence community. the attackers can be seen very clearly on the internal surveillance systems tapes from the consulate that senator mccain was referencing in the opening, but the intelligence community is not releasing the tapes and my source says three were detained by security team in benghazi and turned over to the libyan authorities when they evacuated...
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one man in tunisia against a regime. he actually burned himself because he was fed up with the abuse. this episode will change the pakistani dynamic. this is the beginning of a bigger revolution that's a revolution of mind, a peaceful one and a revolution of i am that says, you will not control my brain anymore or my body. but i want to say something. when there are public and party talks about abortion and the way they see things, how can we think that in the future they will go to these countries if they will win the election, go to the countries and say we want civil society that is strong and separation between state and faith. they will look back and say what are you talking about? you are the one that actually not allowing women to have abortion and question and contraception and other things. we need that understand that whatever we say, whatever we promote as policy will affect other countries and our foreign policies. >> our choices right now. in terms of our foreign policy, our electoral choices make a differen
one man in tunisia against a regime. he actually burned himself because he was fed up with the abuse. this episode will change the pakistani dynamic. this is the beginning of a bigger revolution that's a revolution of mind, a peaceful one and a revolution of i am that says, you will not control my brain anymore or my body. but i want to say something. when there are public and party talks about abortion and the way they see things, how can we think that in the future they will go to these...
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at least one of them were transferred to tunisia where u.s. authorities have not been given access to them. the attackers can be seen very clearly the internal surveillance system tapes from the consulate i'm told. but the intelligence community is not releasing those tapes. >> now we know there were tapes recordings inside the consulate during this fight. they've gotten them and took those. now it's top secret. why would they be top secret? >> my source at c.i.a. annex three attackers were detained by american security team in benghazi but were turned over to the libyan authorities when they evacuated to the airport and are presumed to have been released. >> gregg: jennifer, thanks very much. i want to let you know we are going to be carrying mitt romney's remarks as soon they begin in ohio in just a few minutes from now. stay tuned for that on. >> heather: we'll talk about hurricane sandy is affecting this election. we're keeping an eye on that. 48 hours away from making landfall. in the nngdz area. >> the economic impacted could be catastro
at least one of them were transferred to tunisia where u.s. authorities have not been given access to them. the attackers can be seen very clearly the internal surveillance system tapes from the consulate i'm told. but the intelligence community is not releasing those tapes. >> now we know there were tapes recordings inside the consulate during this fight. they've gotten them and took those. now it's top secret. why would they be top secret? >> my source at c.i.a. annex three...
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mideast in turmoil with capitols burning, but he always fails to note the progress of moderate forces in tunisia, egypt, libya and even in yemen. we don't know his strategy for supporting these moderate forces. what we get are slogans; peace through strength, america must lead, america is exceptional. all true, no doubt. we even hear whispers of returning to the dictators of the past. but we get very little detail, we get very little vision of how he would do things differently. we do know that if congressman ryan's budget was actually implemented, we would sew a 30% -- see a 30% reduction in the diplomatic and development budget used to support the people the governor says he wants to stand with. and finally on defense cuts, perhaps the biggest strawman that the golf has set up -- the governor has set up, he says, quote: he'd like to roll back president obama's deep and arbitrary cuts for national defense that would devastate our military. let's all remember that these cuts were part of the budget control act and supported by congressman ryan and republican leaders in congress. congressman ryan
mideast in turmoil with capitols burning, but he always fails to note the progress of moderate forces in tunisia, egypt, libya and even in yemen. we don't know his strategy for supporting these moderate forces. what we get are slogans; peace through strength, america must lead, america is exceptional. all true, no doubt. we even hear whispers of returning to the dictators of the past. but we get very little detail, we get very little vision of how he would do things differently. we do know that...
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intelligence committee to find this guy fled to turkey, but the turks sent him to tunisia. he has connections in north africa and the middle east. it was not just local libyans protesting a video. megyn: the president last night was talking about libya about how he's proud of his decision to go into libya and out of qaddafi. and now there is a worry that that decision ultimately will lead to this situation there that could go from bad to worst. we certainly hope not. eli, thanks again. we read your sufficient every day. >> thank you. megyn: we are live out of dallas today. we got up 4:00 a.m. for the hair and makeup today which happened over in florida, and got on a plane to come to texas and we had a good reason for doing that. i traveled here with our team for an exclusive interview with our former first lady laura bush. she speaks out on life after the white house and the current political environment. we'll run the full interview for you tomorrow because we want to bring you an important issue she wants to talk to you about. she has been out on the campaign trail this e
intelligence committee to find this guy fled to turkey, but the turks sent him to tunisia. he has connections in north africa and the middle east. it was not just local libyans protesting a video. megyn: the president last night was talking about libya about how he's proud of his decision to go into libya and out of qaddafi. and now there is a worry that that decision ultimately will lead to this situation there that could go from bad to worst. we certainly hope not. eli, thanks again. we read...
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in tunisia we had major labor movement uprising and it lead to the -- [inaudible] despite our plans on the outside for the need for greater democracyization in the middle east, we see that consistently they have risen up themselves and tried to address the problems on their own. and they both don't do so. the way to redraw a map that is perhaps got greater hope in it is not to expect it won't be messy. not to expect it will take place tomorrow. but if we can exercise leadership to avoid a second global cold war on the international scale, we might see another surprise as great as the arab spring. it may turn out right in the end. [applause] let's give the student the first question, if we might. why would a no-fly scone in nato air strikes not work in syria as they did in libya? >> i'm glad you asked that question. libya is nothing like syria. first of all, syria as an army five times the size as gaffe daffy's of a my. second of all, libya sits right smack in the middle of the mediterranean. which still in many ways is europe's lake. syria sits in the center of not fly to international
in tunisia we had major labor movement uprising and it lead to the -- [inaudible] despite our plans on the outside for the need for greater democracyization in the middle east, we see that consistently they have risen up themselves and tried to address the problems on their own. and they both don't do so. the way to redraw a map that is perhaps got greater hope in it is not to expect it won't be messy. not to expect it will take place tomorrow. but if we can exercise leadership to avoid a...
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broadcaster reported these arrests on its web site today saying authorities there took into custody two tunisia nationals who were allegedly flashing fake passports at the airport. if true, that would bring the total number of known arrests to ten as libyan authorities have spoken of eight ores. -- others. previous published reports have cited the presence of at least one due nice natural inside libya. these arrests come hours after fbi agents escorted by u.s. military personnel conducted their first on-site inspection of the quote-unquote crime scenes in benghazi yesterday from which, as you may know, various journalists have already retrieved sensitive evidence. >> that which is an ongoing matter, but i'm confident that through the steps that we are taking and that we plan to take that we will be able to, um, exploit the scene as is appropriate and hold accountable those people who committed those dastardly acts. >> reporter: now to something we first broke on "special report" with bret baier last night. fox news has previously reported that president obama and key national security aides mad
broadcaster reported these arrests on its web site today saying authorities there took into custody two tunisia nationals who were allegedly flashing fake passports at the airport. if true, that would bring the total number of known arrests to ten as libyan authorities have spoken of eight ores. -- others. previous published reports have cited the presence of at least one due nice natural inside libya. these arrests come hours after fbi agents escorted by u.s. military personnel conducted their...
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they may be less concerned about what is happening with the new constitution in tunisia and it is an important moment. but they are certainly concerned if the instability of this upheaval gives rise to new governance. which allows al qaeda before us. arguably, that is exactly what has happened in benghazi and parts of libya. libya is a new semi- failed state. it doesn't have this. on the specifics of the incident, there isn't a official investigation underway, the state department has launched an official accountability review board. early into the investigations, so we don't have the full picture even now of that occurring, but there is no question that this is a major tragedy. it is the first time in more than two decades that we have lost an ambassador in a situation like this. it is definitely something that they are taking seriously. >> host: susan glasser is editor-in-chief. let's focus on the independent-minded. >> caller: hello, how are you doing? >> host: good. >> caller: jobs are going to be the most important thing in the election, but foreign policy is also going to be im
they may be less concerned about what is happening with the new constitution in tunisia and it is an important moment. but they are certainly concerned if the instability of this upheaval gives rise to new governance. which allows al qaeda before us. arguably, that is exactly what has happened in benghazi and parts of libya. libya is a new semi- failed state. it doesn't have this. on the specifics of the incident, there isn't a official investigation underway, the state department has launched...
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i mean, nobody, no islamists, and not the united states, told a fruit vendor in tunisia, you got to -- because a police officer slapped you and took away your weighing machine and your ability to sell fruit. he did that because he was outraged at a government that was oppressing him. and that brought all the tunisians together. nobody told those people in tahrir square, those young people, that wasn't islamic. that was young people, a generational revolution saying, we want jobs, we want an opportunity. that's what's happening in the middle east. we should welcome it, and embrace it, and understand it. president obama has done that. mitt romney's been hiding behind it. >> "the wall streejournal" would disagree. he wrote this, there's a case to be made that mr. obama has been a disengaged, poll driven, steward of american 23r7. mr. romney didn't seem interested in making that point i guess and as a matter of politics he didn't need to make it. his most effective turns in the debate came when he brought it all back to the economy. he seemed reasonable and tempered and pragmatic and unru
i mean, nobody, no islamists, and not the united states, told a fruit vendor in tunisia, you got to -- because a police officer slapped you and took away your weighing machine and your ability to sell fruit. he did that because he was outraged at a government that was oppressing him. and that brought all the tunisians together. nobody told those people in tahrir square, those young people, that wasn't islamic. that was young people, a generational revolution saying, we want jobs, we want an...
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not just in libya but in cairo, and yemen and tunisia and some of the other places where our people were in danger. that second explanation to me is more troubling a cover-up at least acknowledges that you think you know what the reality is and you're just trying to avoid making it public. being blind to reality because of ideology is crippling because it means almost by definition you can not formulate a policy response. jenna: so that question about whether or not our intelligence gathering is good enough right now is a bigger question. we'll continue to explore. really quick, ambassador we noticed headlines coming out of iran. apparently protests are happening in the streets because the currency there has taken a dive. some have suggested this is because of the sanctions and this is the effect that we do want, unrest in the streets as a way to force the regime there to abandon its nuclear program. how do you read what's happening in iran right now? >> well i think the demonstrations are a result of the collapse of the iranian currency vis-a-vis the dollar. making it essentially unconv
not just in libya but in cairo, and yemen and tunisia and some of the other places where our people were in danger. that second explanation to me is more troubling a cover-up at least acknowledges that you think you know what the reality is and you're just trying to avoid making it public. being blind to reality because of ideology is crippling because it means almost by definition you can not formulate a policy response. jenna: so that question about whether or not our intelligence gathering...
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i think people that are independent voters will not be tunisia in until closer to the election, and i like -- tuning in until closer to the election, and i likened it to sports. i'm not a baseball fan, but i have learned that the nationals won the division, and now i will start to pay attention. host: howard kurtz, is the media focusing exclusively on the horse race? guest: what i would use to describe the coverage is breathless. the coverage is quite breathless. i do not want to understate the importance that people are just turning to 2 mid-at mitt romney have three debates to change -- tunisia in. mitt romney have three debates to change the dynamic of this race. he might not have a better opportunity. the thing that we do every four years, those of us in the new business, is we treat this like a big boxing match where somebody knocks somebody else out, and that almost never happens. guest: there are a couple of examples. there is dan quayle, and lloyd bentsen saying i know jfk, you are no jfk. we watched al gore as he was signing and moaning for rob the debate with george w. bush,
i think people that are independent voters will not be tunisia in until closer to the election, and i like -- tuning in until closer to the election, and i likened it to sports. i'm not a baseball fan, but i have learned that the nationals won the division, and now i will start to pay attention. host: howard kurtz, is the media focusing exclusively on the horse race? guest: what i would use to describe the coverage is breathless. the coverage is quite breathless. i do not want to understate the...
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i'm sure three years ago, i had as to those of you in this room what you think of tunisia, i would have heard a was a great place. -- it was a great place, stable, secure, and economically they are doing well. this led to the arab spring. it is extremely important that when we are set in government, we don't focus just on security and economic development, we look at the essentials. the other lesson we came away with was something that should not be used as a shield holocaust where governments protect themselves. le responsibility to protect comes on both sides. there is responsibility on the government concerned and on those of us outside the country. we can no longer say it is a general -- is an internal affair. we are compelled to react. it is not only military intervention. it could be economic and other measures. use of force is the last resort. as we look forward, i think we need to think of the individuals in the nation. we have tended to look at sovereignty as something that belongs to the government. we did not stress a responsibility of the welfare of the people and our respon
i'm sure three years ago, i had as to those of you in this room what you think of tunisia, i would have heard a was a great place. -- it was a great place, stable, secure, and economically they are doing well. this led to the arab spring. it is extremely important that when we are set in government, we don't focus just on security and economic development, we look at the essentials. the other lesson we came away with was something that should not be used as a shield holocaust where governments...